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Over the past three decades, there have been remarkable advancements in the internet, technology, and automation market. An ever-increasing dependance on technology has become a normal part of everyday life. This growing environment presents a perfect opportunity for cyber adversaries looking to infiltrate systems and devices for various forms of cyber warfare.

To effectively combat this issue, a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity is essential. Shamrock Cyber empowers success even with limited resources, fostering knowledge, trust, and meaningful communication within the business, mission, and cyber defense communities. By prioritizing cyber defense activities based on the needs of the business and mission, Shamrock Cyber equips defenders with the necessary resources to efficiently mitigate mission risk from all stakeholder perspectives.

By combining consequences, threats, and vulnerabilities and mapping them to mission risk, Shamrock Cyber significantly reduces the effort to prioritize, communicate, and mitigate risk.  The Shamrock approach enables defenders to focus on their domains and also understand and operate based on the domains of others. Through four kinds of analysis—Consequence, Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk—there are multiple approaches to suit the needs of many sponsor missions. Shamrock Cyber uniquely blends traditionally effective activities with innovative mission focused analyses that unite the equities of executives, managers, cyber practitioners, and system developers.